Amateur detectorists exploring the historic fields near Gietrzwałd, Poland, have unearthed a remarkably rare medieval flail weapon known as a kiścień - only the fourth such artifact ever recorded in ...

Medieval weapons in Poland's Lake Lednica linked to the country's first rulers, Mieszko I and Bolesław the Brave, were found recently by archaeologists.

Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...

In the opening scene of “The Last Duel,” the new film set in 14th-century France, a herald announces the rules for conduct at a tournament to the death. He declares that no members of the public – ...

Following is a transcript of the video. - [helmet clanging] [knight groaning] [armor clanging on ground] Toby Capwell: Poor old R-Patz looks like a pile of garbage, I'm afraid. Hi, I'm Toby Capwell. I ...

Tobias Capwell is the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. Here, he reacts to 11 memorable scenes featuring medieval weapons and armor and rates them based on their ...

Tobias Capwell is an author, lecturer, broadcaster, and the curator of arms and armor at The Wallace Collection in London. He has been a horseman and martial artist since childhood, is a founding ...

Dark Souls, and Mount & Blade. Let's take a look at how swords are used in video games. Forging a sword, Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

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Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In this video he reacts to the armor and combat in 10 games featuring ...

Fighters from Poland (in red) and France (in blue) fight against each other in a "5 vs 5" competition during the Medieval Combat World Championship in Belmonte, Spain, May 1, 2014. Medieval combat is ...